Steno-typograph



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STENO-TYPOGRAPH.

No. 331,275. Patented Dec. 1,1885.

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STENO-TYPOGRAPH. No. 331.275. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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' STENO-TYPOGRAPH.

No. 331,275. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE,

ANGELO BEYERLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STENO-TYPOGRAPHF SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.331,275, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed June 2, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANGELO BEYEELEN, a subject of the King ofWiirtemberg, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steno-Typographs,of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to whichsaid invention appertains to make and use the same.

In Letters Patent No. 215,554, granted Bartholomew, hilay 20, 1879, atype-writing machine, generally known as the *Stenograph, is shown anddescribed, the same having a bank of nine keysthat is, a central key forthe thumb of either hand,and in symmetrical range at the sides thereoffour keys adapted to the fingers of the right and left hand,respectively. Eachfingenkey at the right of central or thumb key has itsexact correspondent in the key of like number at the left of saidthumb-key, so that, for example,whether, key No. 3+ or key No. 3- beoperated, or whether both be operated-in unison, the result is toactuate the same indenting-needle with which each of said keys is inconnection. Five indentingneedles manifestly constitute the series, andthese are brought into action to puncture or imprint the paper filletabove them,according as the special keys are struck with which saidneedles are in mechanical combination. As successive portions of thefillet are advanced into the field of the needles, the indents orimprints thereon will vary in strict keeping with the particular key orset of keys which are brought into play at any one stroke. A

The various changes or combinations which may be produced with a seriesof five elements amount to thirty-one, and it is upon this basistheoretically that the Bartholomew machine is made to work, for withthirty-one changes or arrangements in the ordering of five elementalindents it becomes practicable to express in conventional orstenographic system the several letters of the alphabet, together withthe necessary space and punctuation-marks, each one of these beingrepresented by its own special combination of one or more indents asspaced upon the paper fillet. It is plain that whoever undertakes totranslate these conventional marks must be familiar with the specialsystem or plan upon Whichthey are made.

Serial No. 133,637. (No model.)

My invention has for its object to avoid this need of skilled labor intranslating the marks of the steuograph; and to that end the inventionconsists of certain improvements in the construction of the stenographitself and in the electrical combination therewith of a typograph ortype-writer of improved construction, to be located at any convenientdistance therefrom, and which, when acting as a receiver tothestenograph or transmitter, will serve to convert the conventionalsigns of the stenographic series into the ordinary letters of thealphabet, &c., substantially as hereinafter described and claimed. Bythis means it is possible to avail oneself of the rapid work of thestenograph due to the small number of its keys upon Which the fingersare always in place, and at the same time to translate the charactersinto alphabet-letters at several different and distant points.

It is manifest that the invention is of particular advantage inreporting proceedings of conventions, debates, trials, &c., and intransmitting the same, after the manner of telegraphic messages,simultaneously to many different points. The apparatus employedconsists, essentially, of a transmitting-instrument or stenographproper, and of receivinginstrument or typewriter, the nature andconstruction of both of which will now be described in detail.

The stenoyraph. In the accompanying d rawings, forming part of thisspecification, Figure l is a perspective view showing the externalappearance of the case containing the operative mechanism of thestenograph; Fig. 2, a perspective view in detail of the rocking framesand cooperative parts, the casing being removed; Fig. 3, a perspectiveview with the upper front portion of the case removed to show thegeneral arrangement of pivoted plates, trip-bars, and trip-pins; Fig. 4,a front elevation (with case in section) showing a number of the pivotedplates with trip-bar, trippins, and electric connections to illustrateposition of these several elements in act of transmitting an impnlseforletter; Fig. 5, a transverse section view of the upper portion of thecase; and Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 4, but with parts in positionof rest, no impulse being transmitted.

Within the wooden casing A are arranged, after the manner {0 'thekey-board of a piano forte, two horizontalfsets of finger-keys, a a

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&c., there being five keys in each series or set. These keys to theright and left of the median line A are ordered in exact correspondencethat is, +a and a or -]a and a are equivalents so far that thedepression of either or both of them will be productive of the sameresult upon the other Operative parts. Beginning at the median line, thekeys +64 and a are designed for the thumbs of the right and left hand,respectively, +a and-a for the right and left forefingers, and so on tothe end of the series. this series of five elements in duplicate iscapable amount to thirty-one, so that by assigning in conventional orstenographic plan some one combination to each alphabetic letter,punctuation, and space mark, respectively, the machine can be made toexpress the same in prescribed order as desired. It is obvious that theseries of keys being in duplicate not only act in way of balance to restthe operator, but by employing alternately the finger of right and lefthand, as may be necessary,

. there is a decided increase in the speed and precision of transmissionat the same time that a momentary rest is given to the oppositecorresponding finger.

At the back of case A is the horizontal rod '13, upon which is looselypivoted the series of five rocking frames, b I) b", &c., arranged onewithin the other, as shown, and having upon their upper faces the doubleseries of project-- ing pins 0 c c, &c. These pins are so ordered as tocome directly beneath and to bear upon the corresponding finger key inthe keyboard-that1's, for example, the key a is above the pin c", andthe key }(t above the pin +0 while both pins +0 are upon the samerocking frame, b The rocking frames are entirely independent of oneanother, so that the movement of each about the common pivot-rod B in nowise disturbs the others, while, as appears, each of said frames iscalled into play whether the right or left hand fingcnkey correspondingthereto or whether both of them be depressed.

To lugs b one on each of the rocking frames, are joined shortconnectingwires b which extend above into the upright portion at theback of case A, and are there joined to the short legs of bell'cranklevers d (2" of, &c. These levers pivot loosely about an axle, (1", setin brackets d, which latter are secured to the partition A and saidlevers have their longer or perpendicular leg to hear at the lower endagainst the projecting forked ends of a series of sliding trip-bars, e e6 810., arranged horizontally and side by side within the uprightportion of easing A. The organization of the parts is such that if, forexample, finger-key }CL2 be depressed in contact with its correspondingpin +0 the frame I) will rock about its pivot, and throughconnectingwire b will cause lever d to rock as well, the longer legwhereof will push the sliding bar 6" a short distance within the casing,for a purpose presently to appear. The pressure of The combinations ofwhich.

the finger on key +a being released, the parts mentioned are returnedagain to ther normal position of rest by means of suitablereactionsprings, 10, bearing intermediately on the slide-bar e, as willbe described. The slide bars 6 e 6 850., moving between suitable guides,e, may preferably be of some wellseasoned wood, or of gutta-percha, soas to respond lightly and easily to the pressure of the fingers on thekeys. Each of said bars has a series-of thirty-one trip-pins, f,projecting vertically from its upper face and arranged equidistantlythereon. Said trip-pins are designed to contact with and to slightlyactuate a series of thirty-one dependent steel, brass, or otherplates,g, mounted delicately about the pivot hearings or screws 72,which extend through the side-supporting strips i i. The strips 1. i maybe of well-seasoned wood, guttapercha, or other non conductor, while theadjusting-screws h should be of brass or steel. A metallic arm, 9,extends upwardly from each plate 9, so that when the latter is rockedabout its pivot-bearings said arm abuts with slight spring-tensionagainst the adjoining contact-piece g affixed to supportingstrip t.

The contaetpiece g to each plate 9 is con-. nectcd up by short copperwire with the' pivot-screw h of the next plate, so that by this means aregular electric circuit is established between the several plates 9 ofthe series. There are also thirty upright metallic legs, is, secured toand within the casing A in such wise as to bear against the pivot-platesg when the latter are in normal vertical position. Said legs k arejoined, as at It, to the several terminals of the thirty-one line-wiresover which the electric impulses pass to the receivingin- 1 strument ortypograph. The last pivot-plate (marked is an extra or contact plate,which instead of having an upright leg, k, as described, is providedwith the battery-wire 32, connected up, as shown, Figs. 4 and 6, withthe pivot-screw h of said plate, so that the battery-current, beingestablished through said wire, proceeds from plate to plate of theseries by arm contact-piece 9*, wire 9, and pivotscrew 71, as shown byarrows, Fig. 4 until the first plateis reached which has not been rockedabout its pivot-screws. This plate, being in contact with its leg k,short-circuits the current and allows it to pass by it to the line-wire.

' It remains now to consider the means whereby the desired plate 9 ofthe series correspond &c., be operated, the trip-pins f thereon willadvance toward the pivoted plate 9, and will pass beyond the samewherever the open sections occur, but will encounter said plate and rockthe same about its pivots h wherever the sections are closed. Thus inFig. 5, if sliding bar 6 alone be operated, the open section in plate 9opposite-the trip-pin f thereon offers no impediment to said pin, sothat the reciprocating movement of the bar leaves the plate undisturbed;but if either one or more of the remaining bars 6 e e e be actuated, itis plain that the particular pins thereon cannot pass the closedsections, so that in such event the plate 9 will be rocked about itspivots so far that arm 9 will contact with piece and close the circuit.This feature of open and closed sections in the several plates 9proceedsiu regular predetermined method, and is made to vary in strictaccordance With the special plan of conventional combinations ofcharacters or signs upon which the stenographic sys tem is based.Through an interchange of the combinations as preferred may beillustrated by the-accompanyingtable, o, denotiugthe open and the closedsections therein.

6 e e e e Plate and combination No.

I O I I I O I I OoIooOIooOI I IoooI I IoooII 000 I coo I ooIo I I o I 00I I O I 0000 I I 00 I o I O I O I O I O I I O I I I ooodgIoooIooIoI IoIoI If now, for example, it is desired to rocking plates 9 which haveclosed sections therein opposite said pins f, all the other plates ofthe series remaining undisturbed.

By reference to the foregoing table it will be seen that under suchcondition the plates Nos. 1, 2. 3, 5, 6, 7, J, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20,23, and 27 will be moved, while all the others will remain stationary.If it is desired to express combination No. 7, then, as appears from thetable, it will be effected by actuating the slidebars e and esimnltaneously, by which means all the pivot-plates preceding saidnumberthat is, from No. 1 to 6, inclusivewill be moved, while No. 7 willbe the first one of the series to remain at a standstill. To expresscombination N o. 10, the bars 0 6 would be moved in conjunction, and" soby inspection it will appear that. for any given combination indicativeof some special letter-as if No. 15 expressed the letter Jsucl1 slidingbar or bars must beactuated inunison so as to cause all the platespreceding said given combination to rock about their pivots, and thus toclose. the electric circuit, as already explained, whereby the currentwill be shortcircuited through that first pivotplate corresponding tothe given combination which remains at a standstill. Of course thefinger key or keys to be struck, in order to express any particularcombination, must be. known to the operator, and must depend upon theconventional plan adopted. for the stenographic system and the relativeplace of the alphabetic letters in that system. Upon releasing the finger-keys the reaction-springs 10, secured to the bar i, as shown, andbearing against the pivotplates g, return the plates of the series whichhave been moved, together with the corresponding slide-bars, e e, 850.,as

the case may be, to normal relation, this return movement effecting alsoa break in the electric circuit.

Thus far the effort has been to describe the mechanism and its mode ofoperation by which the several combinations or changes in simultaneousdepression of the duplicate series of five finger-keys are made todevelop an electric impulse in some one of the thirty-one line-wiresleading from the stenograph or transmitter to the receiving-instrument.While these two devicesviz., transmitter and receiver-may be connectedup by the thirty one wires, as stated, it will be understood that anyelectric expedient now in use, whereby a single wire by changes inintensity of current or otherwise may be made to perform the duty ofseveral, can be adopted to diminish the number of line-wires; also, thatby like adjustments or variations in tension a single transmitter may beadapted for use in conjunction with several receivers or type-writerslocated at widely-different points or stations. The receiver ortypograpln-In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 7 is a perspective view ofthe exterior case of the typograph, showing the feed-rolls and reel forthe paper fillet thereon; Fig. 8, a longitudinal vertical sectionthrough the case of the typograph; Fig. 9, a plan view of theelectro-magnets, type levers, and striker; Fig. 10, adetail view, partlyin section, of one of the type-levers, the post therefor, and theoperating-wire; Fig. 11, a partial view in front elevation of the doubleseries of electro-magnets, and Fig. 12 a side elevation of saidelectro-magnets.

Within a wooden case, L, of the form shown,

and mounted upon the standards m, is the circular frame a and n, inwhich are pivotally set the vertical posts 0, capable of slightoscillating or radial movement. Secured rigidly to each of the posts 0isatype-arm, p, extending in horizontal direction and sharply bent, asshown, near its end, which latter carries the type 10. There arethirty-one type-arms in the series, these being conveniently arranged sothat the type parein circular order about a common center. The severaltypearms are secured to their respective posts in such wise as to avoidinterference with each other when oscillated. At each side of the case Lare arranged in double series the electro-magnets Q Q, numberingthirty-one in all, and each connected up with some one of the thirty-oneline-wires leading from the transmitter. The armatures q for theseseveral electro-magnets are mounted pivotally and loosely on the rods q,extending along the case, and a series of set-screws, g adjust saidarmatures with respect to the electromagnets. Fastened to thearmatures gby setscrews g or other device are the operating wires 1", extendingthence in contact with the guide pins or rods r to the posts 0, aboutwhich they are secured by screw 0. If, now, an electric impulse becaused to pass through any one of the electro-magnets Q Q, the armatureq will be attracted, and through wire r will cause post 0, together withtype-arm p, to be slightly oscillated in a radial manner,

1 whereby the type 1) will be brought to a centr'al position withrespect to said type series. At this juncture the pad 8 on the end ofpivoted strikerarm t will rise suddenly against the base of the type 19,centrally located, and will cause the type-face to imprint the paperfillet a through the inking-ribbon c, the typearm 19 yielding slightlyby spring-tension to allow the type to act. The moment that the electricimpulse ceases in the electro-magnets Q Q the recoil spring 0 about post0 will return the type p, the type-arm, post, and armature to normalposition. The operation of striker-arm t is controlled by armature t onthe end thereof, in conjunction with the electro-magnet g which latterreceives a portion of the line-current with each impulse, or otherwisemay be operated by a local battery, the closing of the circuit whereinwould be effected by the swing of the type arms or posts as they comeinto operative position. reverse swing the circuit would be broken andthe presser-pad 8 would drop again to its place, a light spring beingapplied to striker-arm t to aid therein, if desired.

Any convenient mechanism may be employed to advance fresh portions ofthe end less ribbon c sustained on rolls 1), and of the fillet a aftereach stroke; but as these devices are well known it is unnecessary todescribe the same in detail.

It is manifest that the several type, 19, are arranged in carefulkeeping with the par-; ticular electro-magnet line-wire and pivot plate9 of the transmitter series selected to represent any onealphabet-letter, by which means it becomes possible to accuratelytranslate in regular order the conventional combinations of thefinger-keys of the transmitter into printed letters at thereceiving-instrument.

WVhile the receiver or typograph is of especial importance in thepractical use of the transmitter described, it is obvious that thel twodevices are so far distinct that many modifications may be made in thestructure of each without affecting the efficiency of their conjointaction. Furthermore, it is evident that the type-writer itself may beused alone by adapting thereto the usual bank of fingerkeys, any one ofwhich,upon being depressed, as ordinarily practiced, would close thecircuit of a local battery through the electromagnet Q corresponding tosaid special finger-key, and so bring into play the type-arm controlledthereby.

The arrangement of the type in circular series and thebringing of eachone to the center just previous to the action of the presser-1 pad arefeatures of construction which are useful in practice, whether thetype-arms be moved by electro-magnets, as described, or whether merelymechanical means be adapted thereto to effect the like result.

The stroke of the presser-pad against the type being comparativelyslight, it is found convenient in practice to provide the large inking-ro1l V as shown, which moistens the ribbon just before it enters thefield of the type; hence the typeimpression on the paper fillet made byconjoint action of the strikerpad, the type, and the freshened ribbon isalways clear and distinct.

Not limiting myself, therefore, to the precise details of structurehcreinbefore set forth,

and having thus described the invention, what i I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Let-.

ters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the finger-keys and rocking frames, of theslide-bars, mechanism, substantially as set forth, between said framesand bars to actuate the bars, the shift- On the 1 ing plates and theelectric connections therefor, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the series of finger-keys, and withintermediate mechanism substantially as described, of a series ofshifting plates corresponding to the several unison combinations orchanges of which said keys are capable, and printing devices,substantially as set forth, in electric connection with said plates, toregister the several conventional combinations or changes, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination, with the finger-keys and the rocking frames, of thebell-crank levers and mechanism, substantially as set forth, forconnecting the same with the rocking frames, the slide'bars havingtrip-pins there on, and the pivot-plates provided with open sections,substantially as described.

4. The combination,with the series of slidebars, of the shifting platesandthe electric connections therefor, substantially as described.

V 5. The combination, with the pivot-plates provided with open andclosed sections and with the slide-barengaging said plates, of thecontact arms and legs co-operating with said plates to establish anelectric circuit through the same, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the pivot-plate and with the slide-bar engagingtherewith, of the arm attached to said plate, and the 0011- tact-piecein electric connection with the pivot thereof, substantially asdescribed.

7. The combination, with the transmitter, of the receiving-instrument ortypograph in electric connection therewith, the same consisting of aseries of electro-magnets and suitable armatures therefor, a series ofradial swinging arms angularly bent and carrying the separate types orcharacters in snbstan tially circular order thereon, mechanism,substantially as described, between said armatures and arms to oscillatethe latter by movement of the armatures, and a striker or presser pad,substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with the swinging type-carrying arms angular-1y bentin circular series, of the striker or presser pad located centrally withrespect to said series, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with the series of electro-magnets and with theirpivoted armatures, of the rocking posts, and mechanism, substantially asset forth, connecting the same with the armatures, the angularlybent andradially-swinging type-arms joined to said posts, and the presser-pad,substantially as described.

10. The combination, with the series of electro-magnets and theirarmatures, of theradially-swinging type-carrying arms arranged incircular series, mechanism, substantially as described,between saidarmatures and arms to oscillate the latter by movement of the armatures,and a striker or presscr pad, sub stantially as set forth.

11. The combination, with the paper and ribbon supporting devices, ofthe radiallyswinging type-carrying arms angularly bent in circularseries, and the presser-pad located centrally with respect to saidseries, substanially as set forth.

12. The combination, with the electro-magnet and its pivoted armature,of the connecting-wire, the swinging post, the type-carrying arm securedthereto, and the presser-pad, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with the electro-mag net and its pivoted armature,of the connecting-wire, the swinging post, the type-carrying arm securedthereto, and the presser pad having independent electro-magnet toactuate the same, substantially as described.

14. The combination, with the slide bar having the series of projectingpins thereon, of the series of shifting plates provided with open andclosed sections and with suitable electric connections, substantially asset forth, to establish the circuit through said shifting plates,substantially as described.

ANGELO BEYERLEN.

WV-itnesses:

J AMES H. PIERCE, Gno. P. Frsnna, Jr.

